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Sing The Sorrow (Import) (CD)

By: AFI (Artist)

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AFI Artist Snapshot:

Hardcore revivalists-turned-goth-punks AFI ascended to a new level of stardom when they decided to slap on some eyeliner and embrace their inner Robert Smiths. After several independent releases, the Southern California-based outfit released their major-label debut, SING THE SORROW, in 2003 to much acclaim. That album's darker new-wave tendencies were taken one step further on 2006's DECEMBERUNDERGROUND. AFI's gloomier aesthetic was only given further validation by their legions of fans who dubbed themselves the Despair Faction.

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Sing The Sorrow (Import) (CD) Album By AFI (Artist)
1   Miseria Cantare: The Beginning - (studio)  
2   Leaving Song Pt.2 - (studio)  
3   Bleed Black - (studio)  
4   Silver & Cold - (studio)  
5   Dancing Through Sunday - (studio)  
6   Girl's Not Grey - (studio)  
7   Death Of Seasons - (studio)  
8   Great Disappointment - (studio)  
9   Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings) - (studio)  
10   This Celluloid Dream - (studio)  
11   Leaving Song - (studio)  
12   But Home Is Nowhere (Non Musical Silence Dialogue) - (studio)  
13   Now The World - (studio, bonus track)  
14   Synthesthesia - (studio, bonus track)  
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (3/20/03, p.64) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...SING THE SORROW is a dark planet that refracts various strains of rock, from punk to hardcore to metal to mope rock, and beckons everyone to twist and shout along..."
Spin (4/03, pp.101-2) - "...Retaining nu metal's most-friendly sonic whomp, the band replace the genre's pervasive despair with open-hearted punk uplift....Even this record's darkest moments sound hopeful..."
Q (01/01/04, p.79) - Ranked #23 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums of 2003" - "[Incorporates] U2's dynamics and Killing Joke's apocalyptic atmospherics..."

Title Note

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

A.F.I.: Davey Havok (vocals); Jade Puget (guitar); Hunter (bass); Adam Carson (drums).

Recorded at Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California.

SING THE SORROW was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package.

U.K. edition

CD contains 2 bonus tracks.

With its major label debut SING THE SORROW, AFI (aka A Fire Inside), has made the leap from being strictly hardcore punk denizens to a more complex outfit dabbling in goth guitar textures and a soaring sound. With Nirvana/Smashing Pumpkins producer Butch Vig and Green Day/Rancid knob-twirler Jerry Finn manning the board, this transition ends up being a smooth one. Swirling synths, disembodied harmonies and the Tool-like bashing of drummer Adam Carson help the foreboding "Miseria Cantare" set a mood closer to Dead Can Dance than the Dead Kennedys. Although "Death of Season" predominantly rides a hardcore vibe, the most obvious indicators that this ain't your older brother's punk rock are "The Leaving Song Pt. II," with its sing-along-chorus and pounding rhythm, the dark Cult-like rocker "Bleed Black," and "This Celluloid Dream," a charged anthem of vulnerability.

Further indications that AFI successfully straddles the worlds of mainstream acceptance and street credibility are radio-friendly songs like "The Leaving Song" and "The Great Disappointment" featuring Jade Puget's melodic riffing and Davey Havok's heartfelt crooning. This Bay Area quartet seals the innovative SING THE SORROW with "Girl's Not Grey," a perfect pop-punk song that rides along on catchy, chanting harmonies and churning guitar.

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